Alright someone just hep this ignernt person. So what does BBS really stand for. It doesn't have anything to do with BS? Or does it? Trying to figure it out, hmmmm. Board something or other, BIGm uhm BBBB, Someone clue me in and thanks! ------------------ Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first.
I always thought it stood for Bulletin Board System. ------------------ Houston Sports Board The Anti-Bud Adams Page
Here's a quick quetion -- does anyone here from CC.net remember the "old" days of BBS'. I mean the kind you would dial into and had files for download, and door games, etc. BBS' KICKED ASS!! Anyone here visit any of the Houston-based BBS? ------------------ All your base are belong to us
ahhh the good ol days of dialing up to BBSes. Perhaps houstons most popular was Cloud 9, but i always dailed up to the pirate sites. I remember when i first started, 2400 was top of the line. Then a jump to record breaking 9600, then onto 14000, and 56000 was coming out when i stopped. It would have been a dream to imagine DSL and cable speeds back then! ------------------ its all good and fun till someone gets hurt ... then its absolutely hilarious!
Oh man, the old BBS days were sweet! I wasn't too old then (maybe 14 or so), but I dug those BBS's. I was a big fan of playing some of the text based games, such as some Missle Command type game where you got warheads, missiles, and other junk you could use to destroy the other countries... it ruled! Of course, I wouldn't go back to those days even if you threatened to sew my testicles to the inside of my mouth. Anything less than a cable connection now makes me break out in a rash. ------------------ "Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching." [This message has been edited by RunninRaven (edited February 19, 2001).]
My personal favorite was "Beginners RBBS" -- it was the biggest BBS in Texas I believe. It was awesome -- more cool files than anywhere else. I wish I had the names of all the BBS I used to visit. Tintagel was one of my favorites as well, although it only had one line (maybe two). Anyone here remember saving up time in your "time bank" just to download Doom and then for the connection to get lost halfway? What about RipTerm? That was the s#1+!!! (I love having conversations with BBS people, 'cause they kicked so much ass and it was a common experience) L.O.R.D. -- how high did you get? On one server, I got to the highest point, where it restarts your character as the lowest point. On another server, I married Violet ------------------ All your base are belong to us
I ran a BBS for my company in the early '90s. Man, I can't remember the name of the software. Something like Galaxy. Can anyone remember the software vendors for early BBS's? I loved that ascii art, but boy did I get burnt out on scripting--not to mention learning tag-based destop publishing from Xerox Ventura and later Pagemaker. I got into CD-ROM stuff using Macromedia's Director and the AVID around that time. By the time I was introduced to CGI programs and HTML, I was done. I figured, HTML is child's play with a limited lifespan, no way is this worth learning. Boy was I wrong. Oh well, so I know Flash better than HTML. Not so bad.
You played L.O.R.D. too? I never got to do it multiplayer, just copied it on a disk from a friend and played singly. That Seth Able, he's a damn fine bard =) ------------------ "I don't want to join a club that accepts people like me as members."
Okay, here is a story of stupidity -- when I first started visiting cc.com a long time ago, BBS were still around and using the internet was fairly young. When I saw "Clutch BBS" I didn't visit. I figured it was information on a dial-up in Houston. About 6 months later I finally decided to click on it -- wow, did I feel stupid ------------------ All your base are belong to us
I ran one for a while called the Dream Sequence. It was a Wildacat-based board that had a bunch of FIDOnet areas. I customized the entire Wildcat menu system which was no small feat. I remember the first time I hooked up to FIDONet and got my own node. Talk about geek happiness. Haha! I used to frequent dozens of BBS' back in the day. In Houston, lessee... Wizards' Realm, Darkside of the Moon, and a bunch of others I don't even remember anymore. I used to go the Beginners RBBS every now-and-then. Wasn't that run by Mike Anguin (Angwin?) or somebody? They used to run a pc store called Lightspeed Systems, I think. Or maybe I'm thinking of another BBS. Really nice guy. Oh, and RIPTerm sucked. J/K. I was completely ANSI art. Real men don't do RIPTerm. LOL! Man, you're bringing back memories, especially since I got my first real job setting up a Wildcat! BBS for my company. shanna L.O.R.D. (Legend of The Red Dragon) ruled! BRE (Barren Realms Elite) was the other game I played a lot of. Talk about addiction. Most BBS' back then were T.A.G. boards since it was free from what I remember. I'll name some BBS software, see if it brings back memories for you dweebs : T.A.G. Wildcat! Renegade Oblivion (or was it OBV/2?) Worldgroup (rare, but powerful and expensive) Telegard Spitfire WWIV PCBoard ProBoard ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like.
It stands for Bulletin Board System. ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like.
You may be thinking of the WorldComm BBS software made by a company called Galacticom. They were a "professional BBS" that competed directly with the likes of Mustang Software (makers of Wildcat! BBS software). ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like. [This message has been edited by Dr of Dunk (edited February 19, 2001).]
OMG, that does bring back memories -- TAG was my personal favorite. I wasn't a big fan of wildcat, but it was very popular. Remember when Wildcat became Windows-based? Wildcat 5! I believe. It has a web-browser with it -- some of the first internet access I ever used. it was so horrible, too -- by far the worst web-browser ever made ------------------ All your base are belong to us
LOL! Yeah, I got onto the Internet right about the time the new browser-based component of Wildcat! came out. That was around '92 or so I think. Wildcat wasn't popular with the l33t crowd, but it was secure and didn't have any open backdoors. It also had the wcCODE programming API/component that allowed you to code the board yourself and modify it to your heart's content. Hey Vengeance, what boards were you on? ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like.
Space Ghost, wow... I remember Cloud 9. They were one of the largest BBS' in Houston. They had several lines from what I remember. I don't think I ever logged onto it, though. Wasn't it subscription-based? When I started 300-1200 was pretty much standard. I still remember my first connection to a BBS was to some Catholic BBS whose name I don't remember. ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like.
Vengeance, It took a bit of digging, but I found this one for ya. You said you used to frequent "Beginners RBBS". I was right. That was the old BBS run by Mike Angwin and he still runs Lightspeed Systems. He started his computer store to help offset the costs of running the Beginners RBBS. He's on the Internet. His site says he's trying to build a new website "in the spirit of the old Beginner's RBBS". There's not much there, just thought you'd get a kick out of it : http://beginners.net/ ------------------ "Ive seen more class at a Pig Humpin Contest ." -- moestavern19 makes headlines again, and in the process leaves little doubt as to what Saturday nights in his hometown of Lompoc, California are like.
Ya want to get a kick out of something? That "new website" is one of my projects -- I used to work at Lightspeed This past summer, when I was looking for a job, it all the sudden hit me that I should apply there, since I loved the BBS. I was hired to make golightspeed an e-commerce website, and to build the "new beginners rbbs" online. After about a week and a half of working on this, I was "reassigned" as a computer tech, and I've had to adopt these projects as part-time endeavors. Wow, small world. I'm looking for the list of my old BBS. My handles were: Sir Balin, Mark Bazin, Dave Lister, and King Arthur. Mostly Dave Lister. ------------------ All your base are belong to us
bingo! thx. We'd get people coming in looking for warez and saying Galacticom sucked. I never learned why.
